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Collections

Cosmetic container7th-8th century

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Islamic Art and Late Antiquity
Small ceramic vessel with a globular, petal-ribbed body glazed in cream and black, a narrow bobbin-shaped neck, and six splayed legs with an animal-head spout
Title
Cosmetic container
Place Made
Syria
Date Made
7th-8th century
Medium
Glass, free-blown, tooled with applied decoration
Dimensions
5 1/16 x 3 7/16 x 3 1/16 in. (12.80 x 8.70 x 7.78 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn
Accession Number
M.88.129.188
Classification
Glass
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography

  • Pal, Pratapaditya, Thomas W. Lentz, Sheila R. Canby, Edwin Binney, 3rd, Walter B. Denny, and Stephen Markel. "Arts from Islamic Cultures: Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Arts of Asia 17, no. 6 (November/December 1987): 73-130.